‘Pinoy Big Brother: All In’, by far ranked as one of the most controversial seasons in the history of the series, will end its run by crowning a grand winner at this Sunday’s ‘Big Night’ inside Resorts World Manila. Prior to the event, however, there will be another eviction night on Saturday to determine the final four contestants, that is if Big Brother can make yet another twist.

As of August 21, only five contestants remain inside the Big Brother house. They are: Jane Oineza, Loisa Andalo, Maris Racal, Vickie Rushton, and Daniel Matsunaga.

All of the remaining contestants, save for Matsunaga, were part of the original cast of housemates that were introduced on April 27. Meanwhile, Matsunaga only entered as a housemate on May 17.

The latest season of ‘Pinoy Big Brother’ will always be remembered for some of these moments:

Overall, the latest season of ‘Pinoy Big Brother’ has controversy written all over it. Still, except more shocking twists and turns as ‘All In’ wraps up this Sunday.

Meanwhile…

GMA Plans Another Season of StarStruck

‘StarStruck’, long considered to be ‘dead’ thanks to the emergence of ‘Pinoy Big Brother’, is currently being revived by GMA Network for a sixth season.

The reality talent search series was last seen in 2010, when the group of Sarah Lahbati, Rocco Nacino and Sef Cadayona led the way. However, that proved to be ‘StarStruck”s last season to date, as ‘Pinoy Big Brother’ and other reality shows on ABS-CBN began to gain headway over GMA’s later reality programs.

Then in August of this year, teasers for ‘StarStruck’ began to air on the network during commercials, featuring the phrase ‘DBS AGAIN’. Clearly, they are referring to ‘StarStruck”s slogan which is ‘Dream, Believe, Survive’.

Anyone who grew sick and tired of ‘Pinoy Big Brother”s antics and twists will look forward to ‘StarStruck”s return. After all, they were the original reality artista search on Philippine television. Not even PBB can attest to ‘StarStruck”s reputation in building future stars.

Sa Phil. Lng ata naging mala artista search ang Big Brother pati ibang reality competition like Survivor. Its sad that those reality competition entertainment purpose was somehow altered and modified to fit the bill for an artista search type of show. BB and Survivor is a social experiment not to make stars after but to see what will a bunch of strangers do in an isolated environment. Ni hindi ko nga alam anung definition ng Big Winner sa PBB.

And for Starstruck, I can see the novelty of the comeback and it better be good enough since to be honest the concept is already old fashioned especially for network struggling to hold its remaining niche in the entertainment department.

Reality programs are shows with unscripted drama whereas production has less control over what happens within the boundaries they have set. That what makes them interesting and watchable. Honestly the inclusion of discovering potential tv drama stars makes our versions looks tacky at least for fans like me who knows the Foreign format and enjoyed the reality of the reality show.

In the U.S. some of the reality contestants also became celebrities themselves. For example, Elisabeth Hasselbeck of Survivor went on to host The View, while The Miz of WWE started as a reality show contestant.

Elizabeth is more of an exception to the rule, di sya drama star, she is a host and it took her a long time before landing a hosting job in The View, Elizabeth is from Survivor Season 2, nag host muna sya ng Look For Less a fashion oriented show kasi she is a shoe designer so in line pa rin sa field nya.
The Miz might be a wrestling entertainer and ventured for some wwe produced films but he is not a dramatic star. Ang point ko lang ung reality competition hinahaluan ng challenges na pang artista searches, which is tacky. Like PBB will have a concert type task, short film task which is far off from the original format. Kaya ung mga nanalo minsan nahahaluan ng intriga dhil sa mga challenges involve sa loob ng competition. Tsaka sa atin lng ginawang 7-day/5day episode ang PBB Survivor at Biggest Looser. As a fan of the original formats its quite sad kasi bumabakya ung show. Just my 2 cents

But they are also good at training prospective actors. Saka pwede rin naman ang ganitong setup; they can still direct on other outfits while running the GMAAC, as long as they place it as a clause in their contract.

I highly doubt that it can be done since conflict of interest kung gagawa sila ng film from other film outfits, syempre love your own, at dhil highly creative ung dalawang direktor n yan i doubt it. Kung ung pagdidirek nga sa tv show di sila makuhang exclusive, mag head pa ng artist center. I agree that they are good mentors but syempre iba pa rin kpag empleyado ka ng kumpanya. Kung ako sa GMA hanap ako ng loyal at ung naka kontrata na sa knila to lead that department. People like Andoy Ranay, or even Kuya Germs or even get ms. Beverly Vergel, she used to be part of StarMagic before ABS dissolve her department way back in 2008.

Yes indeed. Talent shows are becoming a thing of the past, and a dying breed, thanks to social media. Yung The Voice ng NBC, I don’t remember if they have any winner who went on to become a recording artist like those in AI.